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08 April 2017

5 March Kanditeema / Goidhoo

06 26 02N 072 55 17E, 24m presumed sand
Rally organiser Hanyff had planned an island visit to Gonaa Faru for us today, but this is his first experience of sail boats and his chosen anchorage was in a lagoon surrounded by reef less than 2m deep and no boat passage. He assured us he had asked the island council to ask the fishermen about the depth and they said 'no problem'. It was a problem for us and the mother ship / support boat which has a 3.5m draft. The cruisers found an alternative place to anchor for the night between Kanditeema and Goidhoo in 28m. Two boats without sufficient chain or without a windlass tied to the mother boat.
Hanyff was apologetic for his error and invited everyone to Mother ship for drinks with a free bar. Hurrah! We also left with one large fish (for us) and one small fish for Polly all caught by the boat crew. It was dusk when we were back on Jackster and David set up in the cock pit to clean the fish. BUT. We were invaded by the biggest plague of mosquitoes I've ever seen. Clouds of them and all big and aggressive. We dived below, closed all windows and switched on the air conditioning.

This was a functional anchorage – not particularly scenic and a plague of mosquitoes at dusk.

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